From Chicago to Houston (Dallas, Portland: transplants, apartment, neighborhood)

[yiplong]

Originally Posted by tebor79

I walk all over the mofo place. Yall just a bunch of pansies.

Really? I live in NYC and I don't even walk that much. I walk across the street to take the bus to the subway station. I take the subway to work. I walk one block from the subway station to the office tower. That's about it.

[nana053]

Originally Posted by yiplong

Really? I live in NYC and I don't even walk that much. I walk across the street to take the bus to the subway station. I take the subway to work. I walk one block from the subway station to the office tower. That's about it.

When I lived in Chicago (and Evanston - I have been in the city and in the burbs), I walked everywhere. I walked along the Lakefront on the beach. I walked to and from downtown Evanston for shopping, dinners, movies, etc. When my kids were little, we walked to the parks in Evanston to play. I biked around to grocery shop when I didn't have a lot to pick up.

When I was working in Pilsen, I walked to the *el* several stations away to take the train on the way in to work and back several blocks to the 18th street station on the way back.

I love to walk. I find it difficult to do here in Houston because in the summer, it is way too hot to do the long walks I used to take. I could walk a long way and then take the *el* back if I was tired instead of having to plan for the walk back as I do here. Besides, I like to people watch and there are just less people here. In Chicago, I loved walking through the neighborhoods and hearing the languages change.

I am sort of surprised that someone from NYC didn't walk more, but maybe that is because my relatives walked around Central Park West quite a bit and my good friend in Brooklyn walks everywhere with her daughter.

[yiplong]

Originally Posted by nana053

When I lived in Chicago (and Evanston - I have been in the city and in the burbs), I walked everywhere. I walked along the Lakefront on the beach. I walked to and from downtown Evanston for shopping, dinners, movies, etc. When my kids were little, we walked to the parks in Evanston to play. I biked around to grocery shop when I didn't have a lot to pick up.

When I was working in Pilsen, I walked to the *el* several stations away to take the train on the way in to work and back several blocks to the 18th street station on the way back.

I love to walk. I find it difficult to do here in Houston because in the summer, it is way too hot to do the long walks I used to take. I could walk a long way and then take the *el* back if I was tired instead of having to plan for the walk back as I do here. Besides, I like to people watch and there are just less people here. In Chicago, I loved walking through the neighborhoods and hearing the languages change.

I am sort of surprised that someone from NYC didn't walk more, but maybe that is because my relatives walked around Central Park West quite a bit and my good friend in Brooklyn walks everywhere with her daughter.

In Manhattan one would have no choice but to walk. Driving would probably take longer, not to mention prohibitively expensive (but I still drive into Manhattan when I got called in on a weekend or at night for emergency procedures, parking and mileage is reimbursed in such cases).

I drive almost exclusively in Brooklyn when I go visit my parents. Mass transit in NYC is mainly designed to bring people into Manhattan and going from one point in Bkyn to another is very inconvenient without driving. I live on the edge of the city, so when I want to go out, I simply hop into my car and drive to the nearby suburbs. It's more convenient and they have more upscale shops.

I am thinking about moving to Houston as well. Given my desire for driving, I think I will do well in Houston. My only concern is the heat. I lived in south Florida as a kid, I hated the summers. But Florida is more humid than hot. Houston's summer will probably be quite different from both Florida and NYC.

[MIBS98]

Houston summer is both humid and hot - although not this past summer as the drought kept the humidity down well below average while the heat was much higher than average.

[Han$ome Texan]

well you will see its twice the size of chicago land wise. you will see alot of custom caddys and lincolns and extremly loud radios and very unique music by the way expect bayous and alot of open land with cows and horses and its urban too

[tebor79]

Houston isn't the best for walking. But i like the heat, it keeps me skinny.
The people watching isn't so great.
But I walk all over. Uptown.Downtown.Midtown.Montrose.TMC.East End.2nd ward.the bayou trails.the heights.River Oaks.5th ward.Afton Oaks.Gulfton.Highland Village.westwood.eastwood. If its anywhere, i done walked there.

[crbcrbrgv]

I really enjoy walking around Uptown.

[azriverfan.]

Houston and the South in general is not very Single friendly. Southern culture does not promote the single life. Most people get married and have children early. They seem to marry their high school or college fling. The strong Evangelical environment promotes early marriage. And the non-Evangelicals seems to marry early too. In addition, it can be very difficult to penetrate the cliquish like nature of the area as people will know people from the fraternities or sorrorities at nearby Texas universities. Greek life is really big in Southern culture and socializing even among adults. It's definitely not like NY, Chicago, L.A., Boston, Philly, Miami, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Diego, Seattle, and Portland with regard to dating and the single life.

Houston has night life but it's not the same type of night life elsewhere because they are full of couples. The bars and clubs themselves are really nice and upscale but the scene and culture is not the same.

[testmo]

azriverfan sounds like someone who just recently moved down south

sororities and fraternities are just something we southerners do? i don't know anyone who ever joined one but then again I wouldn't socialize with them in the first place. people are putting off marriage until later in life in the states... including the south

[yiplong]

Originally Posted by testmo

azriverfan sounds like someone who just recently moved down south

sororities and fraternities are just something we southerners do? i don't know anyone who ever joined one but then again I wouldn't socialize with them in the first place. people are putting off marriage until later in life in the states... including the south

This sounds better.